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- Subject: RE: luaconf.h patch for the Borland/CodeGear compiler
- From: "Leonardo Maciel" <leonardo@...>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:42:05 -0300
> >> When I run lua.exe, it doesn't use the dll that's in the directory.
> I'm using the prebuilt package from LuaForge
> (http://luaforge.net/frs/download.php/3134/lua5_1_3_Win32_bin.zip). I
> discovered this when I ran lua.exe on a fresh install of Windows XP.
>
>
> > That's because the DLL search order looks for a DLL in the executable
> directory before looking in the current working directory. See the link
> below:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx
>
> Sorry, I didn't fully explain. The latest build of the Lua interpreter
> up on LuaForge doesn't run on a fresh install of Windows XP because it
> cannot find the required Microsoft runtime DLL. As far as I can tell,
> the DLL that's part of the package is never used.
Now I get it. Can't help you then because I already have the DLL on my
system, sorry.